Cuff-holder



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GUIT- HOLDER.

No. 565,078; Patented Aug. 4, 1896.

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CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,078, dated August4, 1896.

Application filed August 26, 1895. Serial No. 560,509- (NO model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OSMAN LYMAN HAVEN and CHARLES EDGAR SMITH, citizensof the United States, and residents of Pittsfield, in the county ofBerkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

This invention relates to cuff-holders, and the object thereof is toprovide an effective device of this class which may be easily andreadily connected with the sleeve of a shirt or the wristband thereof,and with which a cufi? may also be readily connected, the constructionand arrangement being such that the relative position of the cuff withreference to the sleeve may be adjusted when desired,

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of our improved cuff-holder, showing the manner ofconnecting the same with a sleeve of a shirt and with a cuff, each ofthe latter being shown in.section; Fig. 2, a plan view of the holder,and Fig. 3 a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the practice of our invention we employ a holder, comprising twospringoperated plates A and B, the inner surfaces of which are providedat opposite points with semicircular recesses or notches a and Z), saidinner surfaces or edges being held parallel with each other and at a.short distance apart by means of an open springring C, each of the endsof which is connected with one of the bars or plates A in any desiredmanner and as shown in Fi The plate B is provided at its free end with atransverse projection or shoulder D, and formed therein is a transverseslot (1, adapted to receive a lug or projection E, formed on or securedto the plate A, and connected with each of the plates A and B at a andZ) is a spring F, which operates to clamp or draw the ends of the platesor bars A and B together.

Formed on the upper side of one of the plates or bars, preferably theplate I is a pin or projection G, and secured to said plate is a button11, and the operation will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanyin g drawin InFig. 1, K represents a portion or section of the shirt-sleeve, thewristband of which is" provided with the usual buttonhole 7e, and Lrepresents the cuff. In attaching the cuff to the sleeve the button M,which constitutes the usual wristband-button, is passed through the slotbetween the bars or plates A and I3, and the shank thereof is normallyheld in one of the spaces formed by the semicircular notches or recess aand b, and the button II is passed through one of the buttonholes of thecuff in the usual manner, and the position of the cuffand the holder maybe regulated at any time by simply sliding the latter f0rward or back bymeans of the handle formed by the spring 0 or the cuff, in whichoperation the shank of the button M will pass from one of the chambersformed by the semicircular notches or recesses a and 1) into another, aswill be readily understood. In this operation the pin or projection Gserves as a rest or support for the cuff and prevents the end thereoffrom striking the head of the button M when the holder is moved from onepoint to another, and it will thus be seen that we accomplish the objectof our invention by means of adevice which is simple in construction andoperation and one which is perfectly adapted to accomplish the resultfor which it is intended.

The operation of the spring-handle C, and also of the spring F, is tohold the plates or bars A and I3 close together or sufficiently so forall practical purposes, and the operation of the pin or projection E,which passes through the slot d, is to prevent too great a movement ofthese parts or too great a spread thereof, the spring F also serving todraw the plates or bars together, as will be readily understood.

Having fully described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. In a cuff-holder, the combination of two parallelspring-operated plates provided with a spring-handle as 0, one of saidplates be ing provided with a button by means of which the cuff isconnected therewith, and the adjacent edges of said plates beingprovided with semicircular notches or recesses adapted to receive abutton connected with the wristband of a shirt-sleeve, substantially asshown and described.

2. In a cuff-holder, the combination of two spring-operated plates heldparallel with and adjacent to each other, said plates being providedwith an open spring-ring handle, at one end and one of said plates beingprovided with a projection at the other end which extends across theopposite plate, said projection being provided with a transverse slotthrough which passes a pin connected with said opposite plate, a springby which the OSMAN LYMAN HAVEN. CHARLES EDGAR SMITH.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. VAN DEUSEN, ARTHUR N. CooLEY.

